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w. seed is the source of life. and seed is the source of renewal of life. >>> funding is provided by -- carnegie corporation of new york. celebrating 1 hun years of philanthropy and committed to doing real and permanent good in the world. the kohlberg foundation. independent production, support from the partridge foundation, a john and holly guff charitable fund. the clement foundation, park foundation, dedicated to heightening public awareness of critical issues. the herb albert...
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w. bush to head the federal deposit insurance corporation, the fdic. now as senior advisor to the pew charitable trust, sheila bair has just organized a private group of financial experts called the systemic risk council. among its members, former fed chairman paul volcker, former senators bill bradley and alan simpson, john reed, once the chairman of citigroup, and brooksley born, the former cftc chairman who back in the 1990s accurately predicted an economic meltdown. its mission, to prevent the banking industry from scuttling the reforms created by the dodd-frank act, and, hopefully, prevent another crash. she has a book coming out in late september about the need for reform called "taking the bull by the horns." she's also written two books for children about money and entrepreneurship. "rock, brock and the savings shock" and "isabel's car wash." sheila bair, welcome. >> thank you. happy to be here. >> if you were trying to help some of those young people that you write for, understa
w. bush to head the federal deposit insurance corporation, the fdic. now as senior advisor to the pew charitable trust, sheila bair has just organized a private group of financial experts called the systemic risk council. among its members, former fed chairman paul volcker, former senators bill bradley and alan simpson, john reed, once the chairman of citigroup, and brooksley born, the former cftc chairman who back in the 1990s accurately predicted an economic meltdown. its mission, to prevent...
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that accomplishment led to a memorable lunch meeting with president george w. bush. >> i had pecan pie, which is my favorite dessert. i guess he saw me enjoying it. i said, man, this is good. and the president of the united states took his fork, without even asking my permission, and said, let me try that. and took some of my pecan pie. and i was like, no, he didn't. what can i do. secret service all over. i can't say, sir, you can't have that. that was a moment i will never forget. >> reporter: luter's personality allows him to connect with almost everyone, from pred presidents to perfect strangers. >> i'm not on anyone's payroll, but n my dad loved krispy kreme cream doughnuts. >> reporter: next to that love of doughnuts, his humility is what his son, chip, loves most about his father. >> my father -- even being a dad, he always just wanted to do his best. >> reporter: with thousands in his growing congregation, he leaves the pulpit to shake the hands of people in the pews. he also writes to the mail. it is what he calls "fangalism." fans, friends, and family
that accomplishment led to a memorable lunch meeting with president george w. bush. >> i had pecan pie, which is my favorite dessert. i guess he saw me enjoying it. i said, man, this is good. and the president of the united states took his fork, without even asking my permission, and said, let me try that. and took some of my pecan pie. and i was like, no, he didn't. what can i do. secret service all over. i can't say, sir, you can't have that. that was a moment i will never forget....
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at the same time vice president cheney and george w. bush are announcing plans to not be there at mr. romney's convention, the democrats today announced a keynote, prime time high-profile speaking spot for their convention for the democrat's last president, for bill clinton. do you see any advantage in one of those two very different approaches to these parties' recent governing past and the republicans pretending they don't have a recent governing past and the democrats so boldly embracing clinton? >> it's a striking contrast, and bill clinton is a big asset for democrats, in part, rachel, because mitt romney is going out on the stump and deriding barack obama by making a contrast to bill clinton. saying under bill clinton, we followed one set of policies and things worked out a lot better than under obama. first of all, the policies weren't all that different, but more importantly, he's going to be the keynote at the convention and set the tone and make the economic argument that he can better than almost anybody else in american poli
at the same time vice president cheney and george w. bush are announcing plans to not be there at mr. romney's convention, the democrats today announced a keynote, prime time high-profile speaking spot for their convention for the democrat's last president, for bill clinton. do you see any advantage in one of those two very different approaches to these parties' recent governing past and the republicans pretending they don't have a recent governing past and the democrats so boldly embracing...
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at the same time vice president cheney and george w. bush are announcing plans to not be there at mr. romney's convention, the democrats announced a key note primetime high profile speaking spot for their convention for the democrat's last president, bill clinton. do you see any advantage in one of those two very different approaches to these parties' recent governing past and the republicans pretending they don't have a recent governing past and the democrats so boldly embracing clinton. >> he's a been asset for democrats in part because mitt romney is going out on the stump and deriding barack obama by making a contrast to bill clinton. saying under bill clinton, we followed one set of pollys and things worked out better than under obama. first, the policies weren't all that different, more importantly, he's going to be the keynote at the convention and set the tone and make the economic argument that he can make better than almost anybody else in american politics. that's a big advantage. the bush and cheney decisions aren't too much
at the same time vice president cheney and george w. bush are announcing plans to not be there at mr. romney's convention, the democrats announced a key note primetime high profile speaking spot for their convention for the democrat's last president, bill clinton. do you see any advantage in one of those two very different approaches to these parties' recent governing past and the republicans pretending they don't have a recent governing past and the democrats so boldly embracing clinton....
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at the same time vice president cheney and george w. bush are announcing plans to not be there at mr. romney's convention, the democrats announced a key note primetime high profile speaking spot for their convention for the democrat's last president, bill clinton. do you see any advantage in one of those two very different approaches to these parties' recent governing past and the republicans pretending they don't have a recent governing past and the democrats so boldly embracing clinton. >> he's a been asset for democrats in part bause mitt romney is going out on the stump and deriding barack obama by making a contrast to bill clinton. saying under bill clinton, we followed one set of pollys and things worked out better than under obama. first, theolicies weren't all that different, more importantly, he's going to be the keynote at the convention and set the tone and make the economic argument that he can make better than almost anybody else in american politics. that's a big advantage. the bush and cheney decisions aren't too much of
at the same time vice president cheney and george w. bush are announcing plans to not be there at mr. romney's convention, the democrats announced a key note primetime high profile speaking spot for their convention for the democrat's last president, bill clinton. do you see any advantage in one of those two very different approaches to these parties' recent governing past and the republicans pretending they don't have a recent governing past and the democrats so boldly embracing clinton....
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at the same time vice president cheney and george w. bush are announcing plans to not be there at mr. romney's convention, the democrats announced a key note primetime high profile speaking spot for their convention for the democrat's last president, for bill clinton. do you see any advantage in one of those two very different approaches to these parties' recent governing past and the republicans pretending they don't have a recent governing past and the democrats so boldly embracing clinton? >> it's a striking contrast, and bill clinton is a big asset for democrats, in part, rachel, because mitt romney is going out on the stump and deriding barack obama by making a contrast to bill clinton. saying under bill clinton, we followed one set of policies and things worked out a lot better than under obama. first, the policies weren't all that different, more more importantly, he's going to be the keynote at the convention and set the tone own make the economic argument that he can better than almost anybody else in american politics. that's
at the same time vice president cheney and george w. bush are announcing plans to not be there at mr. romney's convention, the democrats announced a key note primetime high profile speaking spot for their convention for the democrat's last president, for bill clinton. do you see any advantage in one of those two very different approaches to these parties' recent governing past and the republicans pretending they don't have a recent governing past and the democrats so boldly embracing clinton?...
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good to have you. >> thank you so much. >> thank you. >> all right. >>> former president george w. bush made him america's top spy and he headed up the super secret national security agency to follow your every move. well now who is he watching? we'll find out in an exclusive interview. general michael hayden up next live. >>> two american tourists and their guide were kidnapped today in egypt's sinai region. officials say the kidnappers want authorities to release a relative who is in detention in alexandria on drug charges. the americans have been targeted by kidnappers several times this year. in february two tourists were kidnapped and released. the same thing happened in june to two others. well, today we are learning just how bad off some of the most fragile countries are in the world. details were just released by the fund for peace and foreign policy magazine in what they called their failed states index. it's a snap shot of social, economic, and political development in every country on the planet. once again the most fragile countries are in africa with somalia and the de
good to have you. >> thank you so much. >> thank you. >> all right. >>> former president george w. bush made him america's top spy and he headed up the super secret national security agency to follow your every move. well now who is he watching? we'll find out in an exclusive interview. general michael hayden up next live. >>> two american tourists and their guide were kidnapped today in egypt's sinai region. officials say the kidnappers want authorities to...
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it's barack obama or george w. bush, but it's not that simple, not that satisfying. one cause however does stand out amongst many. cheap and ample credit. for years the ability of almost every working american to access more credit than they should have been able to, masked the underlying fact that lower and middle class incomes were not rising. people felt and in many cases actually were wealthier than their salaries or socioeconomic status would suggest. getting a loan and buying a house, often more house than you needed or would have expected to buy, made you feel wealthier. as more people bought those houses, your net worth increased. you borrowed against that house, maybe. maybe you put your kids through college with the money. maybe you bought another house or financed a small business. maybe there wasn't even a house involved. maybe you did all of those things on low interest credit cards or other kinds of loans, but it doesn't really matter because generally economies were strong and you had a job, even if the job wasn't getting much better and your wage wasn
it's barack obama or george w. bush, but it's not that simple, not that satisfying. one cause however does stand out amongst many. cheap and ample credit. for years the ability of almost every working american to access more credit than they should have been able to, masked the underlying fact that lower and middle class incomes were not rising. people felt and in many cases actually were wealthier than their salaries or socioeconomic status would suggest. getting a loan and buying a house,...
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bush institute jim glassman, george w. bush institute out with its first book "the 4% solution" unleashing the economic growth america needs. we'll talk about that in one minute you brought a sign with you dave walker. www.10 million a minute.com. it's not the debt clock. if you add the total liabilities and unfunded promises for social security when we roll the tour, 70, 410, 400, 000, 000. the u.s. in the hole $70 trillion. the debt clock doesn't take it all in, the unfunded social security mandate, unfunded medicare mandate. >> it doesn't take it unfunded pensions, retiree health care for civilians and military, the things that governor scott walker had to deal with. the real problem at the federal, state and local level not what's on the ballot sheet, it's what's off the balance sheet. we have huge promises that need to be restructured and outdated tax system -- >> we've been talking about this for years. in 2004 after i wrote a book in 2004, actually criticizing george w. bush and democrats for not doing what they nee
bush institute jim glassman, george w. bush institute out with its first book "the 4% solution" unleashing the economic growth america needs. we'll talk about that in one minute you brought a sign with you dave walker. www.10 million a minute.com. it's not the debt clock. if you add the total liabilities and unfunded promises for social security when we roll the tour, 70, 410, 400, 000, 000. the u.s. in the hole $70 trillion. the debt clock doesn't take it all in, the unfunded social...
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w. >> tell me how you see india's biggest problems today i think two, three years are going to be major challenges in india. one is the energy which is infrastructure. but it's going to be one of the stumbling blocks of progress if it's not dealt with. and the other is going to be water. we have inadequate systems of conserving rainwater when we don't have snow to speak of. so four fifths of our rainwater runs off into the sea. and we're consuming underground water for agriculture. and sooner or later we are really going to have a real problem with water so we need today to have sustainable means of conserving our water, so this is one of the problems in india earlier wop population was said to be a problem. today it seems to be a monday us. >> overpopulation a bonus. >> and why is that, that is an interesting idea. is it because it means over a population and with a larger number of people entering the middle class, their consumer demand will be intensified and enhanced and therefore it
w. >> tell me how you see india's biggest problems today i think two, three years are going to be major challenges in india. one is the energy which is infrastructure. but it's going to be one of the stumbling blocks of progress if it's not dealt with. and the other is going to be water. we have inadequate systems of conserving rainwater when we don't have snow to speak of. so four fifths of our rainwater runs off into the sea. and we're consuming underground water for agriculture. and...
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he is going to make the argument that mitt romney's foreign policy as a return to george w. bush. he left office very unpopular with respect to his foreign policy. obama will argue that he inherited a mess, at a less secure world, and he has made it more secure. mitt romney is advocating the same policies as george w. bush and will try to paint them as being reckless, too quick to use force, and the like. one more direct line of attack that was tried already was mitt romney did make some statement saying that he did not think we should gallivant around the world and spend billions of dollars trying to find one person. he criticized obama's statement that he would go inside pakistan after bin laden. obama will try to truck that out to show that mitt romney is not tough on terrorism. i think he will try to make the argument that mitt romney is trapped in the past and his statements that russia is our number one geopolitical cell was mocked by a lot of people in the foreign-policy establishment, including a lot of republicans. the arms control agreement had very strong bipartisan sup
he is going to make the argument that mitt romney's foreign policy as a return to george w. bush. he left office very unpopular with respect to his foreign policy. obama will argue that he inherited a mess, at a less secure world, and he has made it more secure. mitt romney is advocating the same policies as george w. bush and will try to paint them as being reckless, too quick to use force, and the like. one more direct line of attack that was tried already was mitt romney did make some...
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in 2001, president george w. bush nominated him as u.s. attorney for the district of new jersey. the position that the health through 2008. it was in that role that gov. christie drew national attention for his efforts in battling political corruption, corporate crime, contracting and gang violence. he directed his attention to ethics during his tenure and spear headed a number of aggressive investigations against corrupt public officials. and he was able to build an impressive 130 convictions during this time. but what you may not know is that, like many true new jersey native's, gov. christie is a dedicated bruce springsteen fan. [laughter] to date, he has attended 209 bruce springsteen concert over 36 years. that is a bipartisan issue on which everybody can agree. [laughter] this morning, gov. christie will make open comments and then we will have a moderated discussion led by brookings senior fellow ted gayer. this event is also being webcast and viewers can post comments and ask questions during discussion. please join me in welcoming gov. christie to the broken this institu
in 2001, president george w. bush nominated him as u.s. attorney for the district of new jersey. the position that the health through 2008. it was in that role that gov. christie drew national attention for his efforts in battling political corruption, corporate crime, contracting and gang violence. he directed his attention to ethics during his tenure and spear headed a number of aggressive investigations against corrupt public officials. and he was able to build an impressive 130 convictions...
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bush and george w. bush administrations. first the special assistance to the president and deputy to the chief of staff and in the white house for intergovernmental affairs. as many diplomatic posts have included ambassador to the united nations in geneva, assistant secretary of state for international organization affairs and most recently as president george w. bush's national envoy to sudan. he is also a longtime member and i think now vice chairman of the tours at the international republican institute. so, we are very glad to welcome both rich and michelle to this podium. proteins prides itself as a nonpartisan think tank and in that context we are hosting this event today. our moderator is a guest scholar of brookings and chief quarters make respondent for cbs and nbc news, former anchor of the nbc "meet the press" program and also most recent lame as the hunting legacy, marvin powell. it's my pleasure to hand podium to you. >> thank you very much. i assume all of you are foreign policies and in you all realize this is
bush and george w. bush administrations. first the special assistance to the president and deputy to the chief of staff and in the white house for intergovernmental affairs. as many diplomatic posts have included ambassador to the united nations in geneva, assistant secretary of state for international organization affairs and most recently as president george w. bush's national envoy to sudan. he is also a longtime member and i think now vice chairman of the tours at the international...
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dov zakheim served in the pentagon during the administrations of george w. bush and ronald reagan. he's now a senior advisor at the center for strategic and international studies. gentlemen, thank you both for being with us. john mearsheimer, i'm going to start with you. this did start with the article in foreign affairs magazine. you don't go as far as that author does in arguing that a nuclear-armed iran would be a net positive. but youo agree with hi at it would bring stability to the region. why? >> i think there's no question that a nuclear-armed iran would bring stability to the region because nuclear weapons are weapons of peace. they're weapons of deterrence. they have hardly any offensive capability at all. and if iran had a nuclear deterrent, there's no way that the united states or israel, for that matter, would be threatening to attack iran now. in the same way that if saddam had had nuclear weapons in 2003, the united states would not have invaded iraq. and if libya had nuclear weapons in 2011, the united states would not have gone to war against libya. so i think that
dov zakheim served in the pentagon during the administrations of george w. bush and ronald reagan. he's now a senior advisor at the center for strategic and international studies. gentlemen, thank you both for being with us. john mearsheimer, i'm going to start with you. this did start with the article in foreign affairs magazine. you don't go as far as that author does in arguing that a nuclear-armed iran would be a net positive. but youo agree with hi at it would bring stability to the...
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barack obama didn't run for president as the jeremiah wright candidate and george w. bush didn't run on his service in the national guard. but romney is a one trick pony. the only calling card he has for the presidency is his time in business." has his chief asset, that meaning governor romney, now turned into a liability? >> clearly, the liability in the last 48 hours. i disagree with my friend, david corn, because i think romney can put this behind him. my hope is at 6:00 tonight he will put it behind. his surrogates and his campaign, he can answer questions satisfactory to the american people. i think once that's done, then obama has no way to go to retread it. this narrative that obama wants is fit for them. most voters may not care about this. they want to know that whoever their next president is does have a real plan for prosperity, a real plan to return jobs and all of this other stuff is sort of a sideshow. the president has been successful in creating a big question mark about romney on this issue. all he has to do is have the question mark at the margins in
barack obama didn't run for president as the jeremiah wright candidate and george w. bush didn't run on his service in the national guard. but romney is a one trick pony. the only calling card he has for the presidency is his time in business." has his chief asset, that meaning governor romney, now turned into a liability? >> clearly, the liability in the last 48 hours. i disagree with my friend, david corn, because i think romney can put this behind him. my hope is at 6:00 tonight...
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bush, and george w. bush administrations, first as special assistant to the president and deputy to the chief of staff and in the white house, as assistant to the president for intergovernmental affairs. his many diplomatic posts have included ambassador to the united nations if geneva, assistant secretary of state for international organization affairs, and, most recently, as president george w. bush's special envoy to the sudan. he is also a long time member, and i think now, vice chairman, of the board of directors of the international republican institute. so we are very glad to welcome both rich and michelle to this podium. brookings prides itself on being a nonpartisan think tank and it's in that context that we are hosting this event today. our moderator is guest scholar at brookings and former chief diplomatic correspondent for cbs and then nbc news, former anchor of the nbc "meet the press" program, and also, most recently, of -- >> legacy. >> "the legacy, marvin kalb, it's my pleasure to hand t
bush, and george w. bush administrations, first as special assistant to the president and deputy to the chief of staff and in the white house, as assistant to the president for intergovernmental affairs. his many diplomatic posts have included ambassador to the united nations if geneva, assistant secretary of state for international organization affairs, and, most recently, as president george w. bush's special envoy to the sudan. he is also a long time member, and i think now, vice chairman,...
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there will be no george w. bush, by the way at the republican convention in tampa. i would like terry comment why that is the case. rick: hold on, i will, questions, gentlemen. i want to ask you about the former president's ability to reach a certain voting bloc that the current president has had a tough time reaching and has not been very successful with him, white males. bill clinton, can do that, can't he? >> i think that is precisely what this is about. over the past 3 1/2, four years, barack obama has become disconnected from the middle class, from independent, and ticket-splitting voters, people that were crucial to his election in the last go round. so this, this is about president obama trying to get a little bit of love from independents and ticket-splitting democrats and republicans. bill clinton has achieved a certain stature, a certain statesmanship that barack obama is trying to piggyback on. i think, peter is right, they need to reconnect with the middle class. this is one day they will do it. i tell you, wednesday night speech in august ain't going to
there will be no george w. bush, by the way at the republican convention in tampa. i would like terry comment why that is the case. rick: hold on, i will, questions, gentlemen. i want to ask you about the former president's ability to reach a certain voting bloc that the current president has had a tough time reaching and has not been very successful with him, white males. bill clinton, can do that, can't he? >> i think that is precisely what this is about. over the past 3 1/2, four...
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he was the keeper of secrets during president george w. bush's administration and we talked about syria and other failing states around the world and hayden says he is convinced syria needs the attention of the united states and other world powers. take a listen. >> this looks like even from the outside the problem from hell and i don't think anyone in or out of the administration believes what it is we're doing now is or will be sufficient. so i fear we and other members, responsible members of the international community, are going to face some very difficult choices because right now we have stasis between the government and the opposition at a horrific level of violence. that just can't be sustained. >> what would you recommend in that position today? >> who are these folks? so we can have some reasonable confidence that what follows the assad regime isn't as bad or even worse. frankly, i'm a little troubled right now. this is a bit, the assad regime against the sunnies and other groups in syria are on the sidelines. the kurds for one.
he was the keeper of secrets during president george w. bush's administration and we talked about syria and other failing states around the world and hayden says he is convinced syria needs the attention of the united states and other world powers. take a listen. >> this looks like even from the outside the problem from hell and i don't think anyone in or out of the administration believes what it is we're doing now is or will be sufficient. so i fear we and other members, responsible...